These, and many other fascinating and sometimes obscure football facts, are to be found in this delightful new book which looks behind the scenes to find out the history of the most famous football clubs in Britain today, and find the derivation of their idiosyncratic nicknames. Some clubs have...
The Melbourne Football Club was founded. It was one of the world's first football clubs in any code. Also, a famous match between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College was played. It was umpired (裁判) by Tom Wills. A second day of play took place on August 21, and then there...
The focus of this article is the influence of African languages on nicknames in football. This influence reflects the multilingual nature of South Africa as a 'rainbow nation'. Nicknames of soccer players and their teams are derived from various sources, such as the regalia, town where the ...
The Edinburgh clubs; Heart of Midlothian are known as "Jambos" (derived from Hearts/Jam Tarts), whilst across the city, their arch rivals Hibernian, as well as being known as "the Hibees" (pronounced "high-bees", universally shortened to Hibs), are also called 'the Cabbage', as in the...
Association entry known as the New Jersey Americans. In 1968, the team left New Jersey and moved to Commack, Long Island and were renamed the New York Nets. The rationale was that since the New York metropolitan area had the football Jets and the baseball Mets—why not the basketball Nets...
As for himself, he will keep on livin’ large. He will dance on the football field as well as in clubs. He won’t dance on a baseball field, because, he says, “If I dance after a home run, I don’t think the pitcher would appreciate it. Different game. ...
The Melbourne Football Club was founded. Itwas one of the world's first football clubs in any code. Also, a famous match between Melbourne Grammar School andScotch College was played. I was umpired(裁判) by Tom Wills. A second day of play took place on August 21, andthen there was a...